STUDENT MOBILITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION – RESEARCH OF STUDENT ACCESS TO EXCHANGE PROGRAMS IN EAST GEORGIA FROM A GENDER POINT OF VIEW
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While integration into the European Union is one of the priorities of Georgia,internationalization of higher educational institutions and international student mobility is of a particular importance. The present paper serves exactly this purpose and outlines the preliminary assumption that gender stereotypes, cultural aspects and family traditions have a negative impact on students’ equal access to student exchange programs in Georgia. The mentioned problem refers mainly to woman, who cannot decide the issue of their participation in exchange programs alone, without their family’s involvement. The study revealed that the participation of girls in exchange programs especially increases year by year,while a tendency of slight increase of the number of men is demonstrated. The mentioned is in absolute coincidence with the events in Europe, where female participation has exceeded men’s participation long ago. In the light of the fact that this issue has never been studied before, the present paper may somewhat complement the gap in literature or build a foundation for the research in this field, as it discusses the individual factors of refusal to participate in exchange programs by girls, as well as interruptive and hindering circumstances, which in most cases come from family.
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Ekaterine Beniashvili
Magister
East European University
Jan Böhm
Professor, Doctor of Philosophy
University of Education Upper Austria
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